Clayson HAmasaka

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"We'll see for ourselves on Friday," was a refrain on the lips of most journalists I met in Lusaka in mid-September, as they speculated on the health of President Michael Sata ahead of their country's opening of parliament, where the leader was due to speak.

Cape Town, July 30, 2013--Zambian authorities should stop blocking access
to critical news websites and halt their harassment of journalists accused of
working with the websites, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today
after reports emerged of widening government obstruction.

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Cape Town, South Africa, July 17, 2013--Zambian authorities should stop their ongoing harassment of the Zambian Watchdog, a site that reports on alleged government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested another journalist they accused of contributing to the site, and blocked domestic access to the site for the second time, according to the Watchdog's editor and news reports.